The slow-burn ballad is no picker-upper—it opens with the melancholy confession that "this could be the saddest story ever been told"—but that famed Minneapolis sound comes through in a funky, dialed-up bass line and some electro-synth inflection in the chorus. What truly makes the song is Prince's vocal: it starts with a cooing falsetto, but proceeds to build in intensity and explode into a ragged and feral delivery by the tune's closing lyrics. Enjoy.

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